Time at The CORE is money well spent, and never more than on November 30, when our very own National Music Centre benefits from your shopping.

Nobody needs an excuse to shop at The CORE, with Holt Renfrew et. al., but now they’ve made it irresistible. On November 30, The CORE is putting on “the biggest private, after-hours shopping benefit that Calgary has ever seen,” and besides the exclusive one-night offerings, free parking, “divine culinary sampling,” music by Chantal Kreviazuk and an appearance by gossipiste Lainey Lui, proceeds from the event benefit the National Music Centre Project and the United Way BeCause initiative.

The National Music Centre, a 21st-century facility with live music, recording studios and state-of-the-art interactive exhibits to be built in and around the iconic King Eddy in East Village, is set to break ground early in 2012. The NMC will bring live music, merchandise and their All I Want for Christmas King Eddy Fundraising Campaign to the November 30th party.

The NMC was the beneficiary of Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto earlier this fall, and is receiving enthusiastic funding from municipal, provincial and federal governments. All that’s missing is you!